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Great White Fleet

May 1, 1908

Our Navy, May 5th 1908. Photo montage of parts of the Great White Fleet. Not all the ships shown were part of the tour. In the center is Admiral Robley D. 'Fightng Bob' Evans, commander of the fleet. (Evans was relieved of command due to ill health when the fleet reached San Francisco.) [Georgia, Rhode Island, Maine, Indiana, Illinois, California, Kansas, Washington, Texas, Alabama, Connecticut, Olympia, Culgoa, Iowa, Hartford, Kentucky, Missouri ]